Laughter, Love & Lust

About the Book

About the Author

Bradley D. McCoy was born in Dalton, Georgia, October 7, 1960, at the Hamilton Memorial Hospital (now known as Hamilton Medical Center) to John David McCoy Sr., and his wife Margaret Sybil Floyd McCoy. He has been somewhat artistic all his life, a trait he pro- bably picked up from his grandfather, Jesse Herman Floyd, who was a "pattern design" artist for Carolyn Chenille for a number of years. His father, known by most of his friends and coworkers as "J.D." taught him many things about life, how to work on cars, and the joys of working with wood. Bradley's father was the shop foreman at a cabinet shop in Dalton for many years.

Through his many experiences as a youth, good or bad, and even up into his adult years, he has developed quite an ability to put into words, his thoughts on various aspects of life, love and friendship. He has enjoyed a good family environment all of his life, with his relatives and immediate family members remaining extremely close to this day. They have family get-togethers every year at one of the family's residences, and stay in touch with one another as much as possible. He enjoys the closeness his family members share, and his only regret is that he doesn't see all of them as often as he'd like. He was a product of the local school system in Dalton, which was more than tolerant of his sometimes disruptive behavior, and even served in the military for a short time, until an error in judgment cut it short. He has always had a love for the printed word, most specifically, non-fiction, but also for poetry. A few of his favorite poets, among many others, are Walt Whitman, Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe. He has been enjoying poetry since his early years in high school (something he kept hidden from his classmates for fear of criticism).

Soon, he began to realize that the older he got, the more he enjoyed reading poetry, and the less he cared about anyone's feelings about his love for poetry. He started writing his own poetry back around the mid to late nineties, but then he later abandoned his writing because of personal trials he was going through in the latter part of '99. His father passed away on November 22, 1999, at the age of 83, and it was a rough time for him. He seldom found the energy, or the inspiration to write after his father's death, as if his love of poetry left, along with his father.

But then,  in late October of 2005, he began to write again, even redoing some

of his older poems (the ones he could remember), which are included in this volume. By April of 2006, he had written almost sixty poems, encompassing a range of topics which would include love, romance, sex, politics and a few "family" and "patriotism" inspired poems, not all of which are included in this volume, for obvious reasons. Just when he thought his life was so full of joy and contentment,

he suffered still, another loss. The death of his mother, Margaret Sybil Floyd McCoy, age 81, on May 14, 2006, was as great a loss as was his father, for he sometimes thought that he may have received some of his poetic creativity from her, as she had written what might be thought of as poetry, or creative stories. His trait of sensitivity that he did in fact, inherit from his mother, as well as his father, allowed him to see the world in a way many are not capable of. His love for all kinds of people, as well as his genuine concern for those who are homeless, ridiculed, oppressed or mistreated in any way, has given him the insight to create some of the poetry you will see in later volumes. Most of what you will find in this first volume will be poetry of a romantic nature. Some might even be considered obscene, but however it is seen, it is made up of things which are very dear to him, and brings to light the way he sees life, and the people, who either touched, or changed his life in some way.